Projects

Bristol has been home to a range of successful and innovative digital inclusion projects. We have captured our experiences and some of the lessons learned here.

Competition to design games exploring Smart Power Distribution and Demand challenges

by Kevin 22/12/2011 in Bristol

The Technology Strategy Board is running a competition to encourage developers to create games that support their work in addressing power distribution and the management of demand. There are looking to support work around cognitive design and social gaming to generate novel, demand side, consumer focused technologies.
Some of the ideas they suggest as examples include;

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Free computer training for Older people and people with disabilities

by Kevin 21/10/2011 in Bristol

A new three-year initiative in Bristol will help local people access the internet, learn new skills and find out more about computers and technology. The project, called Get IT Together, is focused on helping older people and individuals with disabilities gain basic IT skills. Sessions are tailored towards the learners’ own personal interests and are [...]

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Harvesting the Fruits of the Bear Pit Improvements

by Kevin 18/10/2011 in Bristol

The Bear Pit has long suffered with a reputation as a less than convivial public space. The Bear Pit Improvement Group have been working hard to challenge this and are begining to see the results.
Connecting Bristol played its own small part in the story, enabling free to access wifi in the area so that people [...]

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“See No Evil” shaping up to be something special

by Kevin 19/08/2011 in Bristol

There was quite a buzz on Nelson Street at lunchtime today. Office staff, midday shoppers and the City’s artistic hipsters were all mixing together watching the incredible pieces of street art emerging as part of the See No Evil project. The project has seen more than twenty internationally renowned artists take up residency in [...]

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How innovation will change the future of Government IT

by Kevin 09/08/2011 in Bristol

The Innovation Hub is a virtual space established by the Government enabling digital innovation of public services.
HMG Skunkworks was established within the Cabinet Office as part of theInnovation Hub to develop innovative, low-cost, fast and agile ICT solutions.
This video demonstrates the way that maverick yet solid ideas will help the public sector deliver better [...]

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Job: Project Coordinator – Get IT Together Bristol

by Kevin 29/07/2011 in Bristol

The Coordinator’s role is to use strategic, tactical and operational approaches to cohere support for benefits of ICT/internet usage. This will involve working with partners at all levels from such as community groups and education providers, to deliver a bespoke combination of activities relevant to local need. You don’t have to [...]

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Prime Minister visits site of Bristol’s Enterprise Zone

by Kevin 28/07/2011 in Bristol

David Cameron visited Bristol today, taking in a number of high profile creative digital businesses, such as Aardman, and seeing the site for the new Enterprise Zone in Temple Quarter.
The 173-acre zone will drive the regeneration of the City. There will be a particular focus on attracting Creative Industries and technology but it will be [...]

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Event: How can the new Skunkworks help central and local government and the wider public sector?

by Kevin 26/07/2011 in Bristol

Skunkworks is a term that has come to describe small, autonomous, groups within organisations who operate in a collaborative, non-bureaucratic environment to develop and deploy specific technical solutions rapidly. The Cabinet Office has recently developed a Skunkworks for Central Government. Mark O’Neil, head of this initiative, and a panel of experts will be [...]

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Great minds think alike. Lewisham Council introduce mobile self reporting

by Kevin 18/07/2011 in Bristol

Back in 2009 Connecting Bristol and Overlay Media developed and piloted a “Smarter Self Reporting” app using a grant secured as from the Technology Strategy Board’s Digital Britain fund. The application uses location awareness and the phone’s camera to automate mobile reporting of issues such as graffiti and fly-tipping, to the local authority.
Lewisham Council have [...]

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